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| EAT YOUR HEART OUT WORLD....... |
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| SO, WHAT DO TEXANS HAVE TO BE PROUD OF? |
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| 1. The Alamo -Texans don't give up -EVER! |
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| 2. Whataburger and Lone Star Beer |
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| 3. The Dallas Cowboys (cheerleaders!) |
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| 4. South Padre Island |
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| 5. The San Jacinto Monument |
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| 6. The Laredo Bucks -who taught Latin America the joy of hockey |
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| 7. The San Antonio Spurs |
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| 8. Bluebonnets in the spring |
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| 9. Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, George Straight & plenty more |
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| 10. Texas ain't big on coffee houses, but we have drive through liquor stores! |
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| 11. In our War for Independence the Texans never fought a battle in which they weren't grossly outnumbered. A few hundred Texan volunteers faced down 7,000 veteran troops of the Mexican army and showed'em what a good ol' country ass whuppin' is all about. We captured their dictator and have had a fiesta every year to celebrate it. |
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| 12. Texas has the largest Polish population that never surrendered to Germany. |
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| 13. The most decorated combat soldier of all time, Audie Murphy, was a Texan. |
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| 14. A Texan invented the Bowie knife. |
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| 15. During the American Civil War, Texas was the only southern state that was never successfully invaded by the Union forces. Texans also won the very last battle of the war. |
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| 16. We were country when country wasn't cool. |
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| 17. The famous King Ranch of south Texas covers almost 1,300 square miles, it is larger than the entire state of Rhode Island. |
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| 18. Texas invented the cowboy. |
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| 19. Texas has been claimed, desired and fought over by six different countries. |
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| 20. We believe in killing killers. |
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| 21. We are protected by the most elite law enforcement agency in the world, and the |
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| oldest with state-wide jurisdiction in all of North America: the Texas Rangers. |
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| 22. We can go out in 105f temperatures and know it ain't that bad. |
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| 23. Pecos Bill could kick Superman's ass! |
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| 24. We have money that is valuable. (lol) |
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| 25. We have our own beer (Lone Star!) |
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| BUT MOST IMPORTANT! |
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| 24. In Texas, if someone breaks into your house you can shoot'em in the head and it's all perfectly legal. |
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| "Texas, Our Texas!!" |
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| 25. And we ain't afraid to kick an ass or two around the world when someone needs it. |
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| Oh yeah... and we have the best Mexican food in the world, even better than Mexico!! |
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| Pass this on if you are proud to be a Texan!!! |
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| MY NAME IS JOE! AND I AM A TEXAN!!! |
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